Screening for malnutrition in hospitalised older people: Comparison of the Mini Nutritional Assessment with its short-form versions.

Rachel C AmbagtsheerIan ChapmanCynthia PiantadosiRenuka Visvanathan

Published in: Australasian journal on ageing (2017)

The MNA-SF is a rapid and accurate way to screen for malnutrition in hospitalised older adults. Substitution of BMI measurement with the time-efficient calf circumference measurement maintained MNA-SF accuracy. It is recommended that calf circumference measurement be used for nutritional screening by MNA-SF in a hospital setting.

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